Tunnel Rats Trophy
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Tunnel RatsAlso known asT.R.' ZOriginGenres,Years active1993 ( 1993)–present (on hiatus)LabelsBrainstorm, Thump, UprokAssociated actsThe Battery, Future Shock, Footsoldiers, Foundation, The Inklings, Resistance, Theresa JonesMembersAhred a.k.a. Redbonz, Ajax Starglider, Dax, Dert, Dokument, Elsie, Griffin, Jurny Big, Macho, Raphi (a.k.a. Shames Worthy), Sojourn, Trey Qel Drama, Triune, ZanePast membersDonovan, Jamie, JermsTunnel Rats is a collective founded in 1993 in. Named after the in the, the mixed-gender, multi-racial collective consists of some seventeen individual members and incorporates four affiliated groups, Future Shock, Foundation, and, which have recorded both within Tunnel Rats and independently.
Several members also formed two additional side-projects, Footsoldiers and The Resistance, which recorded one album in 2006 and collaborated with. Pioneers in the genre, Tunnel Rats often met with resistance from church leaders who disliked the collective's aggressive style and felt that Tunnel Rats praised their rapping skills more than glorifying God. In the early 2000s, the group likewise criticized Tunnel Rats, claiming it did not place enough emphasis on the Gospel.
Due to a high number of in the collective, Tunnel Rats also encountered when performing in the. Despite these hardships, Tunnel Rats managed to garner critical acclaim and significantly impacted the Christian hip hop movement.
The collective has released four albums, plus numerous additional recordings from its affiliated groups and individual members. Though currently on hiatus, Tunnel Rats has not disbanded, according to a statement by member. Contents.History Formation The Tunnel Rats formed after rapper Dax Reynosa performed at a equipment store Hex's Hip Hop Shop. After the performance, he invited about two dozen rappers to his house for an.
The performers came from racially diverse backgrounds, a mix of, whites, and blacks, groups which Reynosa says did not always get along then. Among the standout performers that night were Reynosa's cousin Jurny Big, his sister Zane One, the four-member group Future Shock (consisting of Ahred a.k.a. Redbonz, Ajax Starglider, Sojourn, and DJ Trey-Qel), and Shames Worthy (a.k.a.
Raphi), all of whom came together to form the Tunnel Rats. Reynosa was inspired to name the group 'Tunnel Rats' after his father, who served in the as a. Ahred, a member of Future Shock, stated in an interview that 'We just put a name to it and called it Tunnel Rats. In Vietnam, the tunnel rats were the guys who went underground to make sure that the tunnels were clear so the soldiers could go through. We considered ourselves as those guys going first to make the way clear for people to go after us.' Reynosa recounts that 'we never believed that we were called to emcee or rap, never.
We were called to minister.' The Tunnel Rats performed at churches throughout, and eventually throughout the. While the group found some acceptance from progressive church leaders, who thought that hip-hop might be a way to reach youth, many church leaders took issue with the group's style, which fell somewhere between and, and accused the group of sinfully glorifying their rapping skills as opposed to glorifying God. In addition, the group, consisting predominantly of, encountered prejudice when performing in the South.
Reynosa recounts how one night in, an establishment would not serve the group because some of the members were Mexican. When they went to a, member Redbonz screamed 'WHY?'
Continuously into a pillow. 'He couldn't believe that we had given up our lives to minister the gospel through rap music. The group also was paid very little, often not at all, for its church performances, and Raphi recounts that if a church managed to book a hotel for the group, he, as the youngest member, often was relegated to sleep in the bathtub.
Early successes Since the mid-1980s, Reynosa and his cousin Jurny Big performed as the duo, and they released in 1995. With breakbeats, melodic riffs, and strong production, the recording broke new ground at a time when most Christian rap was considered a cheesy and watered-down imitator of secular rap, and according to, many consider the album 'to be the first gospel-rooted album to feature real hip-hop.' The Tunnel Rats proper released its debut album, Experience, in 1996 on Brainstorm Artists International, and started receiving letters from teenagers who were inspired by the group to leave gangs or excel in school. The group's efforts also started impacting the genre, which started garnering serious critical attention.
In 1997, the Brainstorm label folded, but Tunnel Rats' membership expanded, with of and the brother-sister duo joining the group. At this point, the group Future Shock decided to leave Tunnel Rats and go on independently.
Dispute with The Cross Movement In 2001, The Tonic, a member of Christian hip hop group, criticized the Tunnel Rats in an interview, accusing the group of placing more importance on musical credibility than sharing the Gospel. Pitfall the lost expedition cheats ps2. Fans of The Cross Movement also criticized The Tunnel Rats, claiming that they did not distinguish themselves enough from aggressive, secular West Coast rappers.
In response to the accusations, Tunnel Rats released, which featured a raw, turbulent sound which, according to Imade Nibokun in, 'was a musical to anyone who found their battle-rap bravado sinful.' Nibokun cited in particular the song 'T.R.' Z', which criticizes Christian rappers with sub-par musical ability, where Dax Reynosa aggressively opens with the rapped line 'I pull a pistol out my pocket and I cock it'. Subsequent successes and hiatus Tunnel Vision impressed critics and influenced a whole generation of Christian rappers. Rapper and poet, rapper-producer duo The Foundation (consisting of Dokument and Jermz), and Griffin joined the group in time to record on the Tunnel Rats' next two albums, the compilation, released in 2003, and, released in 2004.
In 2006, Tunnel Rats members Propaganda, Triune, and Raphi joined with rappers Ishues and Random to form Footsoldiers, with Dax Reynosa helping bring the artists, some of whom lived in different parts of the country, together. Dert and Reynosa also formed the production team The Resistance, a production duo consisting of Reynosa and Dert. Footsoldiers and the Resistance collaborated with on his album, and KRS-One in return appeared on the Footsoldiers' album Live This.Tunnel Rats currently is on hiatus. In a forum post in 2010, Tunnel Rats producer clarified that although the group has not been active for a long while, it still is together, and cited various personal and family commitments as making it difficult for the group to get together and record. Musical style Part of the scene, Tunnel Rats features 'minimalist styles, lush, compositions, and -laden music'. On Tunnel Vision, Tunnel Rats embraced an aggressive, turbulent sound.
Writes that the track 'T.R'z.' 'features abrasive sound effects and full drums, and succeeded as something of a wake-up call to a still relatively staid genre.' Russ Breimeier of in a review of Tunnel Vision described the Tunnel Rats' style as 'modern hip-hop that blends melodic hooks and sounds to the rap and beats.'
Jayson Young of RapReviews.com noted that as the collective consists of men and women, black, whites, and, it offers a very diverse sound. On the Tunnel Rats', reviewers noted that producer Dert had matured in his sound, pursuing a more mainstream approach and branching out to pursue a more diverse and complex style. Influence According to Jason Bellini of Wade-O Radio, the Tunnel Rats were often distinguished by their self-proclaimed title of 'rapper-who-were-Christians' as opposed to 'Christian rappers', placing a strong value on quality and purity in hip hop art, and a willingness and desire to perform outside churches and compete and collaborate with non-Christians. Bellini compiled a list of seventeen artists influenced by the Tunnel Rats, either directly or indirectly, listing, TheBREAX and Dream Junkies, RedCloud, (who even joined the group), and member, High Society (composed of, and ), Heath McNease, Heesun Lee, Scribbling Idiots, Rhema Soul,. Discography.
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